Reading and Writing fill in the blanks practice exercise. Below is text with blanks. Choose the correct word for each blank to complete the text.
The most (1…………….) ingredient in Indian cooking, the (2……………) element with which all dishes begin and, normally, the cheapest vegetable available, the pink onion is an essential item in the shopping basket of families of all classes. A popular saying holds that you will never starve because you can always afford a roti (a piece of simple, flat bread) and an onion. But in recent weeks, the onion has started to seem an unaffordable (3……………) for India’s poor. Over the past few days, another sharp (4…………….) in prices has begun to unsettle the influential urban middle classes. The sudden (5……………) in prices has been caused by large exports to neighboring countries and a shortage of (6…………….). With its capacity for bringing down governments and scarring political careers, the onion plays an (7……………) role in Indian politics. This week reports of rising onion prices have made front-page news and absorbed the attention of the governing elite.
1. vital, impressive, affordable, ordinary
2. simple, basic, great, only
3. material, luxury, element, ingredients
4. surge, plummet, decrease, fluctuation
5. spike, climb, progress, improvement
6. supply, need, demand, price
7. explosive, vital, amazing, expensive
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